The SCHMID Group

The SCHMID Group is your daily companion: for instance through smartphones, solar modules or modern energy storages. SCHMID conducts basic research and brings the technologies into mass production. Thus, the company founded in 1864 provides technical progress.

SCHMID masters processes that are used in the most different industrial sectors and builds machines and automation systems perfectly tailored to the requirements. By always entering into new fields of application, three business units developed taking advantage of numerous synergistic effects: Electronics, Photovoltaics and Energy Systems, supported and accompanied by the fourth business unit Customer Service.

Our promise: SCHMID – Expect Solutions.

Innovation and technology are the driving factors for our actions. In more than 150 years of company history, SCHMID has established itself as a technology leader in the market with sound knowledge in numerous processes. Based on our comprehensive and versatile technological expertise, we offer our customers future-oriented system and automation solutions that are perfectly adapted to their production requirements.

The group of companies with its headquarters in Freudenstadt (Germany) employs more than 900 staff members worldwide. Manufacturing sites in Germany, China, Turkey and the USA as well as sales and service locations worldwide ensure our proximity to customers.

Electronics

SCHMID has been an innovative partner to the electronics industry for more than 55 years. Our system and process solutions for the manufacture of printed circuit boards and other electrical components ensure low production costs and increase the efficiency of the final products.

In addition to the wet processes we are specialized in automation and transport systems for the electronics sector. We automate individual machines up to the innovative Smart Factory.

SCHMID further uses the extensive wet process and automation competence for anodizing and chemical milling.

Photovoltaics

As technology leader SCHMID supplies highly efficient equipment for the total value chain of photovoltaics. The product range includes single equipment for wafer, cell and module production as well as turnkey production lines and complete factory solutions. Thin-film manufacturers also place their trust in SCHMID’s technological expertise.

Energy Systems

SCHMID Energy Systems develops, produces and distributes stationary energy storage systems based on the powerful Vanadium Redox Flow Technology. The EverFlow® product family includes compact storage solutions for home-based applications, telecom storage facilities as backup for grid-dependent or grid-independent telecommunication towers, battery containers for businesses and industry as well as large storages for energy suppliers.

Customer Service

More than 100 service technicians spread over 17 service locations worldwide guarantee fast and comprehensive services to our customers. The business unit Customer Service offers maintenance contracts, after sales, customer training as well as on-site services. Spare parts and logistics are also part of their service portfolio, as are modernizations that keep your machines up-to-date and cost-efficient.

Company data

Headquarters: Freudenstadt (Germany)Staff members worldwide: more than 900Group members: 11 companiesProduction locations: in Germany, China, Korea, Turkey and the USA with a total production surface of 70,000 m²Overall performance 2015: over 140 Mil. €Year of foundation: 1864

SCHMID Energy Systems GmbH operates at our SCHMID Group headquarters in Freudenstadt. It develops, manufactures and distributes stationary energy storage systems based on the powerful Vanadium Redox Flow Technology. The EverFlow® product family contains compact storage systems for private homes, storage containers for industry and commerce as well as large scale storages for energy providers.

Based in Istanbul and with production site in Düzce (Turkey) Pekintas Energy has provided high quality PV modules since 2014 and cares for the projecting and installation of PV systems. Pekintas Energy is a joint venture of the Turkish construction company Pekintas and the SCHMID Group.

Our sales and service subsidiary in Taoyuan (Taiwan) is the first contact for our numerous Taiwanese clients. Highly trained technicians perform our installations and are quickly at our customers’ for repair and maintenance work. The prompt delivery of spare parts completes our premium service for Taiwan.

Our location in Ansan (Korea) offers our Korean customers first class service and fast supply of spare parts for all SCHMID business units. Recently, the sales and service subsidiary has been extended by an engineering/product management department.

Our Asian Pacific headquarters is in Zhuhai (China). Since 2009 we have been producing wet process systems and have developed new processes. In the technology center customers can assure themselves of our systems and test the manufacture of their prototypes in an industrial environment. The engineering, purchasing and service divisions complete our Asian competence center.

Our location in Hongkong provides our subsidiaries in China and Taiwan and the key markets Singapore and Malaysia with spare parts. An extensive, well stocked spare parts warehouse shortens the delivery times of components required and thus ensures maximum availability of our equipment.

Our sales and service subsidiary in Watsonville (USA) offers our American customers expert advice and superior service. Each of our four business units is supervised by specially trained staff. The rapid availability of spare parts completes the customer-focused service concept.

At the location in Watsonville (USA) we develop and produce thermal systems for the photovoltaics and electronics industries. Founded in 1992 as SierraTherm the company became part of the SCHMID Group in 2009. Our innovative strength in thermal processing and coating forms the basis for global partnerships with industry and research.